i was just told by cal fire that there are some people sheltering in place and that the building has sustained minor damage from the fire that is the latest, more information and bring that to you just as soon as we can get it. butte county fire is having a major impact. you see all the thick smoke coming up. it s been rising up into the atmosphere and blowing straight down to the bay area. it s traveled hundreds of miles just today. take a look at how bad it is outside. some cameras are completely socked in by smoke. right now it has been slowly getting worse and worse all day long. the air quality bad in the north bay. bad in the east bay. this is the view from sky drone 5. you can see skies are just completely stacked up with smoke chief meteorologist paul is here, the east bay, look outside san francisco, i ve never seen the smoke this thick. comparable to what we went through with the wine county wildfires. heading back toward the bay area. it s just bay area the s
an alarming number of birds. reporter: there is solar mirror farm, let s give you an idea, this is just one, there are 300,000 of these cooking the sun right back into the sky and that, as you say, is cooking birds as they fly. reporter: it started out so well. a company called bright source plans to break groundoon new type of solar pow ground on a new type of solar plant. two president talking it up. bright future is seen. but there is a dark cloud hanging over bright source. birds bursting into flames. having their feather singe. 800 degrees, birds igniting in mid-air. 28,000 since the plant opened in march. there are 300,000 mirrors hitting water filled boilers that make steam. the birds are called steamers after the smoke produced after they ignite. they built this project in one of the most important places in the country. reporter: they spent $22 million to help save them but it didn t see this problem with birds. the company did not return our call
fans get limited access to the guys. just wave and sometimes one stops and give an autograph. leave it to coach harbaugh. he thrilled the crowd when he wallly did stop. it was chaos for a few seconds as he signed autographs. anything you want to say? thank you very much. yeah. it was a great run. thanks for all the support. but some of the loudest cheers were for colin kaepernick. maybe they did come up short in the super bowl, but to these fans they are still the hometown heroes. i am proud of this team. they put up a good fight. they gave us a heck of a season. so, colin kaepernick, forget about yesterday s loss. a new starts the new season starts today. and dream about super bowl 48. 49ers, next year [ cheers and applause ] reporter: some of the reasons why some of these guys are sticking around, the players that are still left are likely to stop 6789 i was able to talk to the safety goldson. he said he is so grateful to the fans but he really wishes he
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started coming here last month. the set ups are elaborate. tarps with logs, window pains and a kitchen. reporter: is this a mattress 1, 2, 1, 2, mattress mattress? yeah. on wood so the rain goes underneath. the camp drew attention since it is near the police department and since it is wide open you can see every tent, complaints poured in. because it is in the flight path of planes passengers complined complained. you move them from one spot they pop up in another spot. reporter: frustrating? yeah but it is part of the process. we have to be consistent in how we work with people. if they continue to work everyone believes that we will have long term positive results. the clean up begins march 1. after that the police department will step up patrols. san jose may soon be competing with san francisco to host the 2024 summer olympic games. if either city decides to bid, here is what it will take to win. a budget of $3 billion, that is on top of venue constructi